A staff member for Donald Trump has become embroiled in controversy after allegedly leaking racist messages exchanged by his coworkers. It was revealed today that he had previously supported Ron DeSantis for the presidency.

Despite the scandal, Gavin Wax, who serves at the State Department, continues to retain his position. Insiders have disclosed that Wax shares a close bond with Trump, viewing him as a ‘father figure.’

However, Wax’s allegiance to Trump wasn’t always steadfast.

An individual familiar with Wax’s career trajectory informed the Daily Mail that “Gavin was initially a strong supporter of DeSantis until he realized he could earn more by aligning with Trump.”

The source added, “He even penned opinion pieces on the matter,” noting that Wax “has since removed most of them from the internet.”

In March 2021, Wax authored an article for American Greatness, where he criticized Trump’s decision to give significant roles to his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, during his first administration.

At the time, Wax noted that ‘if the president cannot learn from his most glaring mistake, Jared Kushner, it is time for the Republican Party to move on and find a worthy successor for the MAGA revolution he started.’

On January 23rd of 2021, Wax also tweeted ‘DeSantis 2024’, just three days after Joe Biden was sworn in as America’s 46th President.

Gavin M. Wax & Donald Trump; From Gavin M. Wax’s Instagram

Gavin Wax and family

Wax opined in American Greatness in 2021 that the GOP may need to move on from Trump

Wax tweeted in support of DeSantis in 2021, three days after Joe Biden was sworn in as president

‘He was so quick to flip on Trump in January 2021 after he lost,’ a senior Republican official from New York told Daily Mail.

The same official added that Wax’s change of heart was driven by money.

He’s friends with Alex [Bruesewitz], who does Trump’s social media. Alex partnered with him. He made so much money from the campaign,’ the source added.

‘He’s not loyal, it’s money, he was the first one to turn on Trump after the 2020 election,’ the individual said.

Wax declined to comment to the Daily Mail about the accusations.

By 2023, Wax was all aboard the Trump Train. 

A then 28-year-old Gavin Wax, a middle-class kid from Queens, sent a cold note to President Trump inviting him to the New York Young Republicans Gala at Cipriani on Wall Street, not expecting anything in return.

Trump accepted — launching Wax into the presidential orbit.

‘He came to speak to us, not the party,’ a source close to Wax told the Daily Mail. ‘He sat there at dinner with him, eating steak.’

The two developed what sources describe as a ‘pen-pal’ relationship.

Wax’s New York Young Republican Club was the first organization in the country to endorse Trump for re-election.

‘He took a bet on himself. He was a self-promoter, a pull-yourself-up-from-the-bootstraps kind of guy… and well, the President liked that about him,’ a source that used to work closely with the New York Young Republican Club said.

Wax’s political rise began in earnest in 2018 when he led a pro-Trump insurgency to take over the Metropolitan Republican Club, a century-old Upper East Side institution founded by Teddy Roosevelt.

‘He spearheaded the takeover,’ the source says. ‘It was a fierce fight between the pro-Trump faction he led and the anti-Trump establishment. The New York GOP hated him for it because he took away their clubhouse.’